Bethesda Ships 7M Skyrim, Earns About $450M

Bethesda's Skyrim has received stellar reviews since its release last week.Image courtesy Bethesda

Bethesda has shipped 7 million copies of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, garnering approximately $450 million in global sales, the publisher said Wednesday.

Over 280,000 players simultaneously accessed the PC version of Skyrim during its first 24 hours of availability on digital distribution platform Steam, setting a new record for the most concurrent players on the service, Bethesda added.